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Rile vs Rime - What's the difference?

rile | rime |

As a verb rile

is to make angry.

As a noun rime is

.

rile

English

Verb

(ril)
  • to make angry
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 20 , author=Michael da Silva , title=Stoke 3 - 0 Macc Tel-Aviv , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Riled by a decision that went against him, Ziv kicked his displaced boot at the assistant referee and, after a short consultation between the officials, he was given his marching orders and the loudest cheer of the night.}}
  • to stir or move from a state of calm or order
    • Money'' ''problems'' rile ''the underpaid worker every day .
    Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really rile me.
    It riles me that she never closes the door after she leaves.

    Synonyms

    * aggravate * anger * annoy * irritate * vex

    Derived terms

    * to get riled up - to become angry

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    rime

    English

    (wikipedia rime)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) rim, from Old English .

    Noun

    (-)
  • (meteorology, uncountable) ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog onto a cold surface.
  • * De Quincey
    • The trees were now covered with rime .
  • (meteorology, uncountable) a coating or sheet of ice so formed.
  • (uncountable) a film or slimy coating.
    • Synonyms
    * (a deposition of ice) hoarfrost, frost
    Derived terms
    * rimy

    Verb

    (rim)
  • To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) rime, from (etyl) . Influenced in meaning by (etyl) rime from the same Germanic source.

    Alternative forms

    * rhyme

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, or, dialectal) Number.
  • rhyme
    • (Coleridge)
    (Landor)
  • (linguistics) the second part of a syllable, from the vowel on, as opposed to the onset
    • Usage notes
    In reading education, "rime" refers to the vowel and the letters that come after the vowels in a syllable. For example, sit, spit, and split all have the same rime (-it). Words that rhyme often share the same rime, such as rock and sock (-ock). However, words that rhyme do not always share the same rime, such as claim and fame (-aim and -ame). Additionally, words that share the same rime do not always rhyme, such as tough and though (-ough). Rhyme and rime are not interchangeable, although they often overlap.

    Verb

    (rim)

    • Etymology 3

    Uncertain.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A step of a ladder; a rung.

    • Etymology 4

    (etyl) (lena) rima.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack.
    • (Sir Thomas Browne)
    External links
    * SIL Glossary of Linguistic Terms

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